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Zachary Taylor Walton

Age 14

Mount Carmel, Ohio

A FaceTime call went tragically wrong

It was around 11 a.m. on Wednesday. He was home alone, on a FaceTime call with a friend.

He began pointing something at his head.

BANG!

His friend told a 911 operator, “I hung up immediately. I was going to check up on him, but then I realized I should probably call the cops before I went to his house.”

His friend also said that his buddy “didn’t know there was a live round in it.”

Zachary Taylor Walton died on August 29, 2018 in Mount Carmel, Ohio, after accidentally shooting himself. He was 14 years old.

By Areial Thomas · Age 19
Meet the Reporters

More than 200 friends

Corey Donald II

He had just started barber school

Joel Keshon Green

An interrupted trail of Facebook photos

Floyd Chianti Davenport IV

“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

Jacob Matthew Edwards

A survivor, full of heart. Gone.

Oliver Santos

Big smile stolen on Saturday night

Clinton Howell

A daily trip that turned deadly

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch

Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Darryl Lamar Johnson

A family visit. He never left.

Xavier Montrail Thomas

Candles flicker against darkness for Zay

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Romane D. Taylor Jr.

Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies

Tyrese A. Jones

He was beloved at his school

Unknown

Shot while walking down the street

Samuel Ozuna

Always respectful, loved by his friends

Kelvion’te A. Trammell

Engine still running, no life left

Kameron Porter

Domestic violence ends a stepson’s life

Delametric Djuan Fairley

Never got to make travel plans

Fernando Perez

“What is it going to take?”

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer